Managing Subscriptions

Aruba Central supports the following types of subscriptions:

• Device subscription—Allows you to manage and monitor your devices from Aruba Central. The device subscriptions can be assigned only to the devices managed by Aruba Central. For example, if your account has any APs managed by Aruba Central, you can assign only service subscription to these devices.
• Service subscription—Allows you to enable value added services on the Instant AP managed from Aruba Central. For example, if you have APs, you can assign a service subscription for Guest Access.

Assigning Subscriptions

Read through Assigning Device Subscriptions to understand the subscription assignment procedures:

Assigning Device Subscriptions

In case of Aruba Central automatic assignment of subscriptions is enabled by default and hence, all the services are selected for automatic subscription. You can also disable the auto subscription to manually assign subscriptions.

Disabling Automatic Assignment of Subscriptions.

To disable automatic assignment of subscriptions, use one of the following methods:

From the Subscription Assignment Page

1. In the Account Home page, under Global Settings, click Subscription Assignment.

   The Subscription Management page is displayed.

2. Under Device Subscriptions, toggle the Auto Subscribe slider. All the devices in your inventory are selected for automatic assignment of subscriptions. You can edit the list by clearing the existing selection and re-selecting devices.

When a subscription assigned to a device expires or is cancelled, checks for the available subscription tokens in your account and assigns the longest available subscription token to the device. If your account does not have an adequate number of subscriptions, you may have to manually assign subscriptions to as many devices as possible. To view the subscription utilization details and the number of subscriptions available in your account, go to Global Settings > Key Management page.

Manually Assigning Subscriptions

To manually assign subscriptions to devices or override the current assignment:

1. In the Account Home page, under Global Settings, click Subscription Assignment.

   The Subscription Management page is displayed.

2. Ensure that the Auto Subscribe toggle is turned off
3. Select the devices to which you want to assign subscriptions.
4. Click Update Subscription.

Removing Subscriptions from Devices

To remove the subscriptions from the devices, complete the following actions:

Removing a Device Subscription from a Device

1. On the Global Settings > Subscription Assignment page, ensure that the Auto Subscribe toggle is turned off. The devices that have the subscriptions assigned are selected and highlighted in green.

2. Clear the Subscribed check box for the device from which you want to unassign the subscription and click Update Subscription. The Confirm Action pop-up window with the Do you want to modify the subscription for selected devices message opens.

3. Click Yes to confirm. The subscription is unassigned and the Subscribed status for the device is marked as No in the devices table.

Renewing Subscriptions

To renew your subscription, contact your Aruba Central sales specialist.